diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 47f80bb..7e9006e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ENV \
     MYSQL_USER=notification \
     MYSQL_PASSWORD=password \
     MYSQL_DB=mon \
+    STATSD_ENABLE=true \
     STATSD_HOST=monasca-statsd \
     STATSD_PORT=8125 \
     STAY_ALIVE_ON_FAILURE="false"
diff --git a/docker/README.rst b/docker/README.rst
index fa78dd5..c01e1b1 100644
--- a/docker/README.rst
+++ b/docker/README.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ NOTIFICATION_PROCESSORS    2                 Number of notification processing t
 RETRY_INTERVAL             30                Retry interval in seconds
 RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS         5                 Max number of notification retries
 LOG_LEVEL                  WARN              Logging level
+STATSD_ENABLE              true              Monasca agent StatsD enable or disable
 STATSD_HOST                monasca-statsd    Monasca agent StatsD host for self-monitoring
 STATSD_PORT                8125              Monasca agent StatsD port for self-monitoring
 NF_PLUGINS                 <not set>         See below "Notification Plugins"